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According to Bits.media, the Central Bank of Russia (ЦБ РФ) announced that it has included 2,600 cryptocurrency wallet addresses suspected of illegal activities into a special information system. The related addresses involve legal entities, project parties, and individual business owners, having received a total of approximately 1 billion rubles in cryptocurrency assets.The system has been opened to government agencies and law enforcement departments. Once bank operations are associated with the aforementioned addresses, the related transactions are likely to be frozen. The central bank pointed out that 74% of the addresses involved are related to financial pyramid schemes and fraudulent activities, with common methods including false cryptocurrency investments, counterfeit data center projects, and illegal cryptocurrency lending (USDT stablecoin), among others.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "LoL: Contingent Esports vs. University of Mississippi," the "Contingent Esports" option in the sub-market "Fourth Match Winner" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 44% an hour ago to the current 62% (a fluctuation of 18%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

P Equity Research and SemiAnalysis researcher Nick Doyle and others discussed high bandwidth flash (HBF) in X Space. Nick stated that it is still too early to determine how much the cost premium of HBF relative to HBM can shrink; existing data mostly comes from vendor claims, such as Sandisk stating that the cost per bit is about one-eighth that of HBM. Yields, testing, and other factors will improve with scale, but structural costs such as TSV, stacking, and pSLC mode will always exist, and durability is a key unknown; if wear exceeds expectations, costs will rise.The application scenarios for HBF are narrow, targeting only AI inference, especially low batch and long context MoE models, and it is not a substitute for HBM. The actual bandwidth target is about 1.6 TB/s, which is at the HBM3E level, suitable for sequential reads to load model weights, more aligned with the capacity needs of a small number of GPUs in local or private enterprises, rather than ultra-large-scale bandwidth scenarios. Heat dissipation reliability has not yet been resolved; flash memory will degrade faster at high temperatures next to GPUs, and mitigation measures such as UCIe separation and daily refresh have yet to be validated.In terms of manufacturing, Sandisk/Kioxia has experience with 3D NAND, and SK Hynix complements HBM-style stacking capabilities, but mass production is still to be confirmed. Overall, storage is shifting towards a specialized layered market, with NAND shortages expected to continue until 2028, and HBF may further impact supply and demand.

Liquid Capital founder Jack Yi (易理华) posted on the X platform, stating that he remains bullish. Currently, the resistance level is consolidating; in a bull market, both resistance level consolidation and pullbacks from high positions are normal phenomena. He plans to go long at high positions and then wait for a reasonable pullback to continue buying. The bull market trend is expected to last at least until 2028, so it's best to avoid shorting.Risk assets have finally welcomed opportunities, and AI is far from reaching a bubble moment. Seizing these two waves of investment opportunities is currently the best strategy. Perhaps he is indeed not good at shorting, as everyone benefits from the industry bull market. Now that the trend is bullish, going long is even easier; one shouldn't always think about speculating by shorting.

Better collaborates with Coinbase to launch Bitcoin collateral loans, allowing borrowers to obtain funds using BTC as collateral, providing liquidity without the need to liquidate and avoiding capital gains tax.

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that BTC Sessions stated their team spent several weeks assisting Bitcoin holders affected by the Coldcard vulnerability in transferring their funds to safety, estimating that they protected Bitcoin worth tens of millions of dollars during this period. However, for many, it was too late.A member of the local Bitcoin community lost 90% of their Bitcoin, while another woman who spoke with them lost all of her Bitcoin. BTC Sessions stated that this could be the most severe self-custody incident in Bitcoin history. BTC Sessions indicated that this experience prompted them to rethink asset custody, with diversified security measures becoming a key lesson.

According to Bits.media, Russia's three major telecom operators MTS, Rostelecom, and Megafon announced that they will start accepting digital ruble payments from September 1. MTS will support the use of digital rubles for all services within its payment module MTS Pay, with no category restrictions. Rostelecom will initially only support one-time payments on its official website, and will later expand to personal accounts; regular payments and automatic top-ups will depend on the readiness of the central bank's platform. Megafon will also offer it as an additional payment method.The two major e-commerce platforms, Wildberries and Ozon, also announced the activation of digital rubles on the same day. According to the law, starting from September 1, all large enterprises in Russia must be able to process digital ruble transactions, and the apps of 12 systemically important banks must have an entry point for digital ruble wallets. The central bank plans to impose limits on the recharge of digital wallets, with a maximum of 300,000 rubles per month through a single bank.

According to informed sources, Meta Platforms has discussed the possibility of reaching a settlement during court proceedings with the attorneys general of multiple states in the U.S. The case accuses Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive for teenagers, facing a maximum fine of $1.4 trillion.

Sources from the Pakistani military and Iranian security agencies reveal that the United States and Iran have reached a consensus on the terms of a ceasefire agreement, which includes the freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. Both parties are expected to announce relevant news in the coming days and initiate negotiations and technical meetings based on the Islamabad memorandum.

According to Bloomberg, Kraken stated that some customers were temporarily unable to access their accounts after receiving tiny amounts of cryptocurrency from wallets associated with the sanctioned competitor HTX. Kraken referred to these transfers as "dust attacks," believing their purpose may be to trigger compliance reviews on the platform by spreading sanctioned funds.Data from Etherscan and Arkham Intelligence shows that from August 17 to 24, the wallet sent nearly 12,000 small transfers to addresses related to Kraken, most of which were worth only a few cents or a few dollars.Kraken stated that it has restored account access for affected customers while continuing to withhold the relevant sanctioned funds as required and is cooperating with authorities to limit the impact. HTX denied initiating these transfers and stated that it is investigating, with possible reasons including source identification errors or malicious activities by third parties.

Binance co-founder He Yi stated that Binance Wallet currently accounts for about 75% of the overall wallet transaction volume, processing over $13 billion in transactions daily. The wallet uses a Multi-Party Computation (MPC) architecture to enhance asset security and account recovery capabilities, and integrates features such as error address protection, potential malicious contract warnings, and high-risk token/network alerts.He Yi mentioned that the future direction of self-custody development is not only to improve security strength but also to make security usage more intuitive at the product design level.

"Whale" Jason stated, "Set 10 major goals." He indicated that he will look for opportunities to re-enter long positions. He believes that the strength of this trend exceeds previous expectations, and the subsequent space can be further adjusted upwards; even re-entering at $80,000 or higher would not be too late, as BTC still has upward potential.He anticipates that $100,000 is likely to arrive earlier than originally expected, at which point the further height of this trend will be reassessed.

According to Bloomberg, OnlyFans' operating company Fenix International announced its accounts on Tuesday, revealing that the late owner Leonid Radvinsky received dividends of up to approximately $709 million in the months leading up to his death, including $535 million for the fiscal year ending in November 2025, and another $174 million in batches during the first three months of 2026. Since acquiring OnlyFans, Radvinsky has received a total of over $2 billion in dividends.Bloomberg also disclosed that just weeks after Leonid Radvinsky's death, OnlyFans reached an equity deal with San Francisco investment firm Architect Capital at a valuation of $3.15 billion, with the latter acquiring about 16% of the shares and planning to collaborate with OnlyFans to develop financial services and products aimed at creators. Previously, it was reported that OnlyFans' controlling owner Leonid Radvinsky passed away from cancer at the age of 43.

A fire broke out at the Afipsky Oil Refinery in southern Russia after a drone attack at night. The governor of the Krasnodar Krai stated that local emergency services are handling the fire.Ukrainian actions have led to Russian oil processing volumes dropping to multi-year lows, exacerbating fuel supply pressures. The Afipsky Oil Refinery is owned by ForteInvest, with a crude processing capacity of approximately 180,000 barrels per day.

According to a report by the Financial Associated Press, sources reveal that Apple is accelerating preparations to launch the next-generation Mac mini desktop computer, marking the first significant update for this product in nearly two years. The relevant insiders stated that this brand new desktop is expected to officially debut in the coming days, with the release likely occurring before the iPhone new product launch event in September.This updated Mac mini is part of Apple's new product lineup for the second half of this year, which will also include new Apple Watch, AirPods, and a smart home device with a screen that can recognize users through facial recognition.

Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC) submitted a letter of opinion to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) stating that eligible equity perpetual contracts can be classified as securities futures. This category is jointly regulated by the two agencies, allowing exchanges to compete on execution quality rather than jurisdiction.HPC pointed out that there is still no clear classification for perpetual contracts under U.S. law (whether futures or swaps), and this fundamental issue remains unresolved. They possess characteristics of futures such as standardized terms, the ability to hedge positions, and forward value, although they do not have a fixed expiration date, but prices converge continuously through funding rates.The letter of opinion proposed four points: confirm that the definition of securities futures can encompass cash-settled equity perpetuals with futures characteristics; retain flexibility for product listings at trading venues; maintain consistency in classification between the two agencies; modernize the securities futures framework to accommodate new structures. HPC stated that in the past 10 months, the trading volume of Hyperliquid perpetual contracts has exceeded $48 billion, and a clear framework would help relevant products enter the U.S. market.

According to the 8-K document submitted by Strive to the SEC, the company purchased 1,110 bitcoins at an average price of approximately $73,409 from August 17 to 21, 2026, significantly increasing its weekly purchase scale.As of August 21, Strive has accumulated a total of 21,356 bitcoins, along with 505,000 shares of Strategy STRC preferred stock (fair value approximately $48.57 million) and about $171.9 million in cash.

According to Caixin, the Hong Kong police responded to the abnormal liquidation case of Star Bridge Capital's gold trading, stating that multiple reports have been received, with the reported amount of funds that could not be retrieved totaling approximately HKD 6.63 million. After investigation, the case is temporarily classified as fraud and has been handed over to the third team of the Central District Criminal Investigation Unit for follow-up, with no arrests made yet.According to information obtained by the affected investors in this case, as of 1:50 PM, the number of people who have reported to the Hong Kong police (and have obtained a report number) is approximately 180.

According to the Financial Associated Press, Nvidia will announce its Q2 2027 financial report after the US stock market closes on August 26. Goldman Sachs expects strong performance with potential upward revisions in guidance, but notes that the stock price has already surged since August, with an increase of over 12% in the past two weeks, suggesting that the good news may have already been priced in, making it difficult for excellent performance to boost the stock price. Goldman Sachs' EPS forecasts for Nvidia in Q2 and Q3 are 6% and 12% higher than Wall Street's consensus expectations, respectively, with a target price of $285, which is still slightly below the market average.Goldman Sachs believes there is room for revaluation in the valuation, provided that the profitability of large-scale cloud vendors improves to support capital expenditures, Nvidia maintains caution on its customer financing platform to alleviate concerns about supplier circular financing, and continues to advance large-scale buybacks and dividends. Investors will focus on details of the customer financing platform in the earnings call, progress on the Vera Rubin platform, gross margins and raw material costs, CPU demand driven by AI agents, and the competitive landscape in the industry.Goldman Sachs points out that while GPU demand is strong, there is still a risk of a pullback, and the difficulty of "exceeding expectations and raising guidance" increases each quarter, raising doubts about whether cloud vendors can continue to ramp up capital expenditures. Earlier this month, Nvidia, in collaboration with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and others, established a financing platform for AI computing infrastructure, aiming to leverage over $500 billion in third-party capital; concerns about circular financing are rising in the market, and the company needs to release more substantial new information, or else the stock price is more likely to decline rather than surge after the earnings report.